How white is the tech sector? - Chips with Everything podcast

Has the technology industry truly embraced diversity? What more needs to be done to make it a more inclusive industry? Inspired by Black History Month, Jordan Erica Webber and Chella Ramanan try and answer these questions.

This week’s episode is inspired by Black History Month, which is celebrated every February in the U.S. and other countries around the world. Jordan Erica Webber is joined by special guest host Chella Ramanan and together they look at some of the best past and present examples of black tech innovators.

They question whether or not the tech industry has progressed at being a more diverse arena for great minds, and they try and figure out what needs to be done going forward to open the tech sector to entrepreneurs and coders of colour.

To look closer at some of the answers to these questions, Jordan and Chella are joined by Carlton Cummins of Aceleron, junior software engineer Bukola Thompson, and Tom Ilube, founder of the African Science Academy.

Have a look at the work the African Science Academy does for young, African girls in Ghana.

Check out some of the work that Aceleron does in the lithium battery space.